Google Analytics on the fritz by Ian Lurie

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Google Analytics on the fritz

Ian Lurie Mar 24 2010

It’s not just you. Google Analytics is timing out, running slowly and generally being a nightmare this morning. There are widespread reports from Europe to the US that Google Analytics’ reporting interface is loading slowly. I haven’t even been able to load a report. Just making sure you know you’re not going crazy. It doesn’t appear to be affecting load times for the ga.js script, and some folks report it’s loading just fine, which makes me think it’s got something to do with their content distribution network. Further bulletins as events warrant. Update: 9:25 AM – Seems to be back, running at a decent clip.

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Ian Lurie is CEO and founder of Portent Inc. He's recorded training for Lynda.com, writes regularly for the Portent Blog and has been published on AllThingsD, Forbes.com and TechCrunch. Ian speaks at conferences around the world, including SearchLove, MozCon, SIC and ad:Tech. Follow him on Twitter at portentint. He also just published a book about strategy for services businesses: One Trick Ponies Get Shot, available on Kindle. Read More

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One workaround was to go to an internal link instead of their main landing page.http://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/ That worked during the outage fiasco. In time-sensitive situations like this, I turn to http://search.twitter.com. I quickly found the answer by searching for ‘google analytics down’. Just an FYI for if it ever happens again.